Ruby Tuesday

A TRIBUTE TO JEFFIE

(this was in my post yesterday, but I'm trying to reach everyone who only visits on particular meme days)

This is a memorial to my beloved Jeffie.  Most of you have read about him and probably come to love his clown-like antics here on my blog - if not, just go down to my "label cloud" and click on Jeff or Jeffie and you will.  On Monday, September 13 (four days after my birthday) Jeff was diagnosed with bone cancer in his right front leg. To make an agonizing story short, and bearable, it went fast and we gave him his wings on Wednesday.  Jeffie would have been with us for five years in October, and would have been twelve years old in December.  Here is the last picture I have of him, taken a week before his death.  His leg shows misshapen, and it got twice as bad as the days went by.  His eyes show the pain he was in, even with 24 hour pain meds.  He told me he loved me and wanted nothing more than to be with me but to please let him go.  It was the right decision, at the right time, but oh my God how I miss him!

And here is the Ruby Tuesday part of this post:

The Scarlet Hibiscus I told you about here also has red stalks.  If you would care to join in on a meme, just choose the appropriate button to the right.  Peace.  B : (

Ruby Tuesday and Lose For Good

As I mentioned on a previous post, I rejoined Weight Watchers as a lapsed life member, a few weeks ago.  Right now they are running a program called LOSE FOR GOOD which includes ways to help fight hunger for others while losing weight for ourselves.  Today is Lose-A-Palooza!  It's a very worthy project and I would personally appreciate it if you would follow this link and read what it's all about.  Just by following the link, Weight Watchers will donate one dollar!  Thanks.


As for Ruby Tuesday, well, it's pretty sad.  This is my heart

and this is my heart after our trip to the Vet's yesterday

My Jeffie has bone cancer.  I can't write more about it right now - maybe another day when I can focus.  Your prayers to keep him comfortable for a while longer would be appreciated.


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Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday (and NaBloPoMo-Green of course : )

This morning I have mastered the art of multi-tasking.  I was about to post this picture for Mellow Yellow Monday and noticed that it was also a decent shot of my newly adopted spoon rest "Dotty" who has come to live with Big Red, who can be seen here, not to mention some other posts.  The flowers were a gift from Matt, who is Lincoln's father, I guess for watching Lincoln - yet another perk to having grandchildren : )  The leaves will do for NaBloPoMo-Green.  Since I don't have to post again tomorrow (unless I want to) I will miss a day of NaBloPoMo.  Been there done that this month!

Please ignore the electric grill, the cooking utensils, and the range hood - all perils of catching shots in a well used kitchen - and I'm way too lazy this morning to work on removing them in Photo Shop Elements!  If anybody knows a shortcut to doing that, let me know!


For Watery Wednesday I hope to have a shot of Lincoln playing in the rain - should be pretty cute : )


If you'd care to play along (or just stalk) with these memes, click on the appropriate button(s) to the right.  Have a wonderful Monday (and Tuesday) - make them your own.  Peace.  B : )

Ruby Tuesday and NaBloPoMo Green

Hi there and happy Ruby Tuesday!  If you have been here before, you probably know about our "some kind of coffee" plants.  If not, or if you've forgotten because it's not the most fascinating news to enter your world, you can go here and check it out if you'd like.  Anyway, in our extreme cold winter we had last year, we lost our big coffee plant, but when things got better, some little ones that had planted themselves started popping up out of the ground, some yards away from the original.  We dug some of them up and are keeping them in pots till they get bigger.  Here is one, in all its ruby glory:

Isn't it purty???


If you would care to get further into the Ruby Tuesday meme, just click on the button to the right.  Peace.  B : )

Ruby Tuesday and NaBloPoMo Green

The rose bushes out front, although very scraggly, have been working overtime since we had that cold winter.  Most have been removed now in the latest yard remodel, but this one remains, I think, and it has kept me busy cutting.  The best thing about it???? It smells like real roses!

Smell it??


To enjoy more Ruby Tuesday, please click on the button to the right.  Peace.  
B : )

Somewhere in between NoBloPoMo Green, Mellow Yellow Monday, and Ruby Tuesday, I switched to CHROME!!

Ahh confessions of a speed freak - I love to go fast, I hate to wait, instant gratification is my life - and now I can indulge it all, legally and healthfully, with CHROME.  This is Google's browser.  While on the phone with an extremely helpful rep from Belkin, sharpening my accent recognition skills, he said to me, your browser is too slow.  Hmmmmm.  Years back when I first started computers, and I mean years, I used to keep two browsers because one was good for some things, the other was good for others (searching for speed).  I had removed the other browser so long ago that I don't even remember its name.  But it all clicked when this uber patient gentleman said your browser is too slow.  So I went in search and came up with what I still don't know if it is Foxfire or Firefox, and Chrome.  I read reviews of the pros and cons and decided to go with Google - it's always been good to me. So I took less than a minute to download the thing and OMG is it fast!!  Have you tried it?  What do you think?


Back to our regularly scheduled posts:


NaBloPoMo Green:

This is that crazy amorphophalicwhateveryoucallit plant I told you about before - this is the stem as it looked in October last year.  Behind it is passion fruit vine, honeysuckle and/or jasmine, wild grape, flame vine, and possibly some poison ivy. 


Mellow Yellow Monday:


Hawaii in our back yard - yummy!  This is frangipani, otherwise known as mmmmmmmmmmm can't think of it - whenever I remember one name, I can't think of the other!  Anyway, they make leis out of them.  We have mostly yellow.  There is a small pink, but it doesn't flourish like the yellow.

 Ruby Tuesday:


OK, this is a repeat and it's my fault.  I posted this for Camera Critters, but then, as often happens, forgot to link it, so it only got one comment.  Because I love Jeffie so much, and because he's adorable, and because I changed the room, and because the pillow qualifies for "ruby", and because I want to, I am re-posting this picture so everyone can enjoy his adorableness : )  Heeeeeeerrrrrrrs Jeffie!

The story can be found on this past Saturday's post if you're interested.


Busy, busy weekend.  Can't wait to mix up my Alton Brown breakfast smoothie and sit back and watch my recorded Next Food Network Star and Next Design Star shows.....have a few hours before that can happen though.


Have a wonderful day and a fantastic week, and try to make it better for someone else too - you'll get it back twofold.  Peace.  B : )

Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday

You can probably tell by the name of this blog that I collect bees - if not, read my very first post and you'll know all about it.  Sometimes our collections can get a bit out of hand - I recently disposed of several hundred pigs, quite a few carousel horses, some miniature tea sets, and all the Christmas stuff that was in my Winter bedroom.  The bees I am finding homes for outside.  This little fellow graces a low pot of assorted orchids, just to the left of the patio at the back door.  He's a little worse for wear, missing a wing, but he is SO cute!  Every time he catches my eye, I can't help but chuckle.  This shot could also be used for Ruby Tuesday, I see.  It is not unusual to find items with yellow and red together, mainly because yellow is my favorite color, and red is in the top five, and I find the combination of the two very intriguing.  I do have a separate shot for Ruby Tuesday.

This is called a Scarlet Hibiscus, but it differs from regular hibiscus in many ways, the most obvious being that this one grows in water.  Its pot sits in one of our bird baths.  The flowers are HUGE.  The leaves look like something illegal.  It goes dormant in winter although it must be kept in or near water, and then it reblooms in spring.  I planted some of the seeds from this one because I wasn't sure if it would make it through our harsh winter we had last year, and they also grew.  I gave away most of those seedlings.  I got this plant from the native plant nursery, which accounts for its success I guess.  It is breathtakingly beautiful IRL.

If you would like to join in or just "stalk" these great memes, please click on the appropriate button(s) to the right.  Peace.  B : )

Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday

Oops - don't know if I forgot yesterday was Monday, or I was just lost under that mountain of laundry it took ALL day to do.  Either way, or whatever excuse, the fact remains I missed a post.  Hey that's almost a poem. : )

The yellow flower is "faux" but the ruby is all real - the rose is from the front yard, Big Red is peeking out from behind it, and there is red on my Stop Greyhound Racing magnetic bumper sticker which, of course, does not work on non-magnetic cars, so it wound up on the microwave.  Makes perfect sense, don't you think?  It does in our house : )

Please click on the appropriate button to the right to join in on either of these fine memes.  Peace.  B : )

P.S.  Are any of you watching Last Chance Highway?  It's pretty amazing.  It's on Animal Planet I think Saturdays around 8:00 or 9:00 pm.  Now THERE are some people who really make a difference.

Mellow Yellow Monday, Ruby Tuesday, and pretend it's still the 4th of July so you can say..........

Happy birthday America and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CICI!!!  One year with us and how did we ever live without this little critter.  Here she is the day I picked her up:

and here she is now:

with her face full of leaves - the real Ci.  Love you punky.

And here is Mellow Yellow Monday:

How I love my Crocs - been wearing "faux" ones for several years now, but finally got a real pair - $10 at Big Lots (usually $30).  They take away a lot of pain and they make me smile.  The yellow has been on my list from the beginning, so I got not only real Crocs but my yellow ones all at once and at a bargain price.  I am blessed : )

And here is Ruby Tuesday:

This is the well worn top of a large and old wind chime - one of the things I see quite often from my retired woman's recliner chair : )

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Ruby Tuesday

And now folks, it's Devo:

Oops, wait a sec, he's not ready yet - needs to chew on his hat:

OK here we go - enjoy the show:

Bye Bye, thanks for watching!

Happy Ruby Tuesday - if you'd care to join in, please click on the appropriate button to the right.  Peace.  B : )

Ruby Tuesday

The last of the tomatoes

small but very sweet.  Happy Ruby Tuesday to you - click on the Ruby Tuesday button to the right to celebrate : 0   Peace.  B : )

Ruby Tuesday - My Apologies

As I was reviewing the shots I took the last few days, I couldn't find anything really red....I had pink, purple, and orange, all of which I consider to be sort of shades of red. When I arrange my papers or my fabric, I always keep those shades close to the reds. Does that make me a bad person : ) Anyway, here is what I have to offer - "shades of red":

The butterfly plant

The Indian Pipe Vine

The thing I can never remember the name of - one of the amorphophallic or whatever plants - some years it come up like this, some years it comes up with stalks and leaves.  When it's like this, it stinks and attracts flies.  Lovely, huh?

A cactus flower.

A teeny tiny wild flower

The Passion Flower

If you were dying to see ruby, I'm sorry : ( 

To participate in Ruby Tuesday, or just to look at some great shots, click on the button to the right.  Have a happy day.  Peace.  B : )

Ruby Tuesday

Happy June!  and Happy Ruby Tuesday!  This shot shows a tree that got a bit damaged in our cold spell, but is coming back nicely.  I will get a closeup of the flowers one day - they're amazing!  The color is so intense and so gorgeous, it cannot be described.  I admit, it's not a pure red; there is some orange involved too, but it's red enough for today : )

Oh, and BTW, it's a Poinciana tree.  They come in other colors, but this is my favorite.  It takes my breath away.  To see more Ruby shots, please click on the Ruby Tuesday button to the right.  Peace.  B : )

Mellow Yellow Monday AND Ruby Tuesday

These two memes are featured together because these two colors appear quite often together at our house.   First is part of my bird collection:

and next is one branch from our peach tree - just how many peaches can one branch have?  The poor tree is so overloaded, it's lying on the ground!

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Have a wonderful Monday and Tuesday.  See you soon.  Peace.  B : )

It's Ruby Tuesday Time

and here is a baby boy cardinal who lives in our yard - see the shadings of brown still on him?  That will all turn to red soon and he'll be all man : )

Hint:  you gotta make it bigger to see it better. 

If you'd like to join in, please click on the Ruby Tuesday button to your right.

Peace.  B : )


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Ruby Tuesday - Just a Little

There is not a lot of "ruby" in this shot, but there was a lot of joy in my ruby red heart when I saw the subject...well, actually three subjects - there were two males courting one female all right on the edge of our yard.

Pretty, huh?

Have a great day.  If you would like to see more Ruby Tuesday pictures, or enter your own, please click on the button to the right.  Peace.  B : )


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Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday - together again

First, when I posted my Friday, Saturday, and Sunday combination post, I inadvertently left out the Weekend Reflections shot.  It's in there now and it's really pretty special (historically significant even) if you want to go see it.

Anyway, on to Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday - I have always loved those two colors together although they haven't always been "socially acceptable":

The first pictures are of a glass ball, red and yellow, that hangs in the front of the house, right in front of the window of my craft room (hence the wild curtains).

The other pictures are of some fungi-like things that appear early in the morning, get darker yellow as the day goes by, and finally turn into a beige pouff pile.  Can't explain it.  Don't know what it is.  But if you do, I'd like to hear it.  Thanks.

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Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  May this week be even better.  Peace.  B : )


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Holy Camoley - Even the Weather People Were Impressed!!

In the time between Sunday night and Monday morning, we had some storms.  Evidently they were quite impressive.  We had over 9,000 lightening strikes in an hour within a 50 square mile radius!  It seems my modem is afraid of storms and it gave out.  The Comcast man brought me a new one Tuesday morning and now I'm here to catch up on my missed memes.

MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY:

OMG, while I was gone, they changed how you put pictures up on the blog - just had to teach myself.  Anyway, this little guy sits outside the sliding glass doors so I can sit in my recliner (poor me) and see him.

RUBY TUESDAY:

You have to work to see your Ruby today - besides the faded red mulch, there are some fallen rose petals here.  It's prettier if you enlarge it.

WATERY WEDNESDAY:

This was taken at the dog park, but those aren't dogs in that water.

ABC WEDNESDAY - O IS FOR OVAL

Awwww, baby peaches.  Make it bigger and check out the fuzz!

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Ruby Tuesday

Hello, Rose:

Spread the red - click on the Ruby Tuesday button to the right.  Peace.  B : )

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Ruby Tuesday

I took this picture from across the room so I wouldn't interfere with the little ray of sunshine that was going through the glass bird:

Please click on the Ruby Tuesday button to the right to share your shots and see some great redness.  Peace.  B : )


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